In a move towards having a zero-waste future, Bee'ah Tandeef has launched a recycling service for cooking oil.
Cooking oil is usually poured down the drain, which leads to clogs and maintenance work for municipalities and sewage treatment companies or is disposed of in landfills and contributes to greenhouse gases.
With the new service, the oil will be collected and will be turned into biodiesel, which can be used by companies as fuel for waste collection trucks.
The oil can be deposited into bottles provided by the company by calling 800 TANDEEF, which will then be picked up,
When a bottle is used, a new empty bottle will be given to the individual.
The first used cooking oil collection machine has been installed near the Sharjah National Park parking lot and will be expanded all across the UAE.
Khaled Al Huraimel, Group CEO of Bee’ah said, "We recognised that the typical way to dispose of used cooking oil has detrimental effects on the environment, burdens public infrastructure, creates inconvenience for people in their homes and poses a risk to a good quality of life. At the same time, used cooking oil offers the opportunity to sustainably create products such as biodiesel. By launching the used cooking oil recycling service, Bee’ah Tandeef is turning these challenges into an opportunity to realise a zero-waste future."